Tanya Harnett, Stretch
Tanya Harnett
1970-
Carry-The-Kettle First Nations
Date
2005
Medium Specific
Digital print on BFK Rives Paper
Edition / State
1/4
Classification
Print
Dimensions
24 x 17 3/4 in. (61 x 45.1 cm.)
Accession Number
2022.35.20.30
Credit
Anonymous Gift
Memo / Artist Statement
Harnett presents a series of photographic works that explore the many and diverse layers of her being through self-portraiture. Harnett reflects on her First Nations heritage and how it has been culturally defined and redefined through the parameters of a westernized education. The complexity of this history is subtly but relentlessly pursued through the lens of the camera. (Garneau, D., Tanya Harnett: Persona Grata, Southern Alberta Gallery, 2009.)
Biography
Tanya Harnett is a member of the Carry-The-Kettle First Nations in Saskatchewan. She is an artist and a professor at the University of Alberta in a joint appointment in the Department of Art and Design and the Faculty of Native Studies. She has previously taught at both University of Lethbridge and Grant MacEwan University. Working in various media including, photography, drawing, printmaking and fiber, Harnett's studio practice engages in the notions and politics of identity, history, spirituality and place. She has exhibited regionally, nationally and internationally.
https://www.ualberta.ca/art-design/people/teachingfaculty/tanya-harnett.html
https://www.ualberta.ca/art-design/people/teachingfaculty/tanya-harnett.html
Date of Bio